Celtics (50-29) at Hornets (36-43) Game #80 4/8/17

[mr. dee]

How do you get blew by Kaminsky?

[SHAQATTACK]

Why isn't Brown getting more than 8 minutes in this game?

He should shouldering huge minutes .....

at least 25 or so, oh there he is....

He never looks tired .....we need his energy

He's never been in long enough to get tired...

CBS is really tight with that's kids minutes .......reminds me of my dad and borrowing his car ....

[BitterJim]

Brown!

[Ogaju]

am I the only one that saw the no look from Smart to JJ?

[SHAQATTACK]

Celtics wanting to grasp defeat from jaws of victory ....I see it coming

[Dino Pitino]

That double-interception/no-look play by Marcus is the kind of play makes me think how, if he could ever do that with maybe twice the frequency he does now, it would make him a superstar, even if his shooting remained forever sub-par.

[Darío SpanishFan]

I never refer to our players this way, but Tyler Zeller is ridiculous on the court. One of the things I'm looking forward to watching next season is him away from us.

[jpotter33]

Bradley is a great defender, but he's having trouble with Batum.  Too small.  It's the same reason I'd like to avoid Toronto if possible (if we get out of the 1st round).

DeRozan is way too big for Bradley, and IT can't guard Lowry.   Although if we run into Washington, Wall and Beal obviously ain't a picnic either.

The thing is that Beal isn't the iso type of player that Batum and Derozan are, which is hard for Bradley to guard with his smaller size. And Wall isn't the shooter that Lowry is either, so as long as you try your best to stay in front of Wall and not let him get out on the break, both he and Beal are much easier to contain and guard with our guards than Toronto is.

Toronto from top to bottom is just a really bad matchup for us, even if we're overall similarly talented from top to bottom. Washington presents some of its own problems, but I think from top to bottom we fit better, play better, and are coached better than Washington.

I agree.  I think we can beat Washington in a hardfought series, but don't stand a chance against Toronto due to matchup issues.

I think it'd be a close series, 6 or 7 games for sure. IIRC, I think we've been up by 10-15+ points on every single game against them this year, even if we choked away three of those games.

But I do think you have to give them the slight edge due to the several matchup advantages that they have over us, even if we have home court advantage. But it's certainly a winnable series, though we'll have to be hitting our shots for most of the series.

[mctyson]

I'm sure Tyler Zeller is a nice guy but he really isn't a good NBA center.

[Chief]

That double-interception/no-look play by Marcus is the kind of play makes me think how, if he could ever do that with maybe twice the frequency he does now, it would make him a superstar, even if his shooting remained forever sub-par.

Tp

[trickybilly]

Jaylen seems to move in slo-mo sometimes, like I want to question his effort. I know it's wrong though. Same feeling I had about Ray Allen (and Batum)

[jpotter33]

Oh my goodness. Horford threw that pass WAY too high, yet Brown handled it like it was nothing! His head was AT THE RIM!

[CelticSooner]

Game will be tied up after a few more bricks.

[liam]

Love that Brown!

[BitterJim]

I love the plays where Brown gets the alley oops. Just really well drawn up/executed every time